Finger-ring guard



Dec. 31, 1929. E. D. BECKER ET AL FINGER RING GUARD Filed July 26, 1928 Ellswurth ILBeuker and. y

Ef't Jnuwmfow 61m: wemv Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNITED STATES ELLS WORTH ID. BECKER AND ALBERT B.

ELLIOTT, or nnenrne, PENNSYLVANIA FINGER-RING GUARD Application filed. July 25,

Our invention relates to finger ring devices for insuring suflicient tightness of the applied ring to properly retain it upon the fin ger; and it consists in an improved separable attachment of simple construction, which is adapted to be readily strung upon the ring hoop, and to be set into operative position thereon with its resilient contacts serving to advantageously retain the applied ring, or

to be swung into inoperative suspended position upon the hoop or entirely removed therefrom; as fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, the novel features bein clearly defined in the subjoined claims. l

Fig. 1 is an enlarged view illustrating a simple form of our device applied to a ring in operative position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device swung into inoperative position upon the ring hoop, and indicating the manner of attaching or detaching it from the latter.

Fig. 3 is a separate plan view of the clevice.

The drawing indicates an ordinary finger ring, comprising a hoop portion 5, and a heavy bezel portion which tends to objectionably turn the ring upon the finger unless a retaining device is employed.

Our improved device, as indicated, is simply made by required bending or forming of a proper length of spring wire, which may be of uniform circular cross-section; the main features of the device comprising a midway loop 10, formed by an outward bending of the wire to straddle the ring hoop 5 and normally bear upon the exterior surface of the latter; and a pair of inwardly bent shallow loops 11, 11, oppositely spaced from said midway loop 10 and located adjacent the ends of the. wire, which loops provide curved bearing portions upon the inner surface of the ring hoop 5 when the device is sprung into operative position as indicated in Fig. 1. The extreme end portions of the wire, extending beyond said loops 11, 11 as shown, provide primary spring contacts 12, 12 with the inserted finger of the wearer; further resilient movement occurring when the finger 1928. Serial No. 295,568.

thicknes causespressing contact upon the midway portion of the device as shown,the midway loop 10 being elongated as illustrated, so as to permit it to be pressed, outwardby such midway finger contact while the end bearing loops 11, lliireely slide upon the inner surface of the hoop.

To provide that the device be removably retained upon the ring hoop after being applied thereto, I preferably close together the inner portion of the midway loop 10 as indi cated at 10, su'lilciently to compel a slight spreading of the loop in applying the device to the hoop; the device being readily turned upon the hoop into the position indicated in Fig. 2, and sprung into or out of the operative position of Fig. 1 by slightly flexing the wire.

The indicated elongation of this midway loop 10 to permit of its resilient radial move ment upon the hoop, may be dispensed with in some cases when the spring contacts 12, 12 are employed so as to alone sufilciently retain the ring; or such elongated loop 10 may be employed without the added contacts 12, 12, so as to suiliciently though less completely serve the retaining purpose; it being understood that the preferred embodiment of our complete invention which is specifically set forth may be modified within the invention as defined in the claims.

l Vhat we claim is:

1. A. sprung-on finger ring guard formed of a length of spring wire having an outwardly-bent midway loop adapted to loosely straddle the ring hoop exteriorly and reversely-bent end-portion loops adapted to slidably bear upon the inner surface of the ring hoop.

2. A sprungon finger ring guard formed of a length of spring wire havin an outwardly-bent midway loop adapted to loosely straddle the ring hoop exteriorly, and reversely-bent end-portion loops adapted to slidably bear upon the inner surface of the ring hoop; said end portions extending beyond their loops to form finger contacts.

' 3. A sprung-on finger ring guard formed of a length of spring wire having an outwardly-bent midway loop adapted to loosely straddle the ring hoop exteriorly, and end portions adapted to slidably bear upon the inner surface of the latter.

4. A sprung-0n finger ring guard formed of a length of spring wire having an outwardly-bent midway loop adapted to loosely straddle the ring hoop exteriorly, and end portions adapted to bear upon the inner surface of the latter and having finger-contact extensions.

5. A sprung-on finger ring guard formed of a length of spring wire having an out wardly-bent midway loop adapted to loosely straddle the ring hoop exteriorly, and end portions adapted to slidably bear upon the inner surface of the ring loop; said midway loop being resiliently spreadable to retained] attach it to the ring hoop.

n testimony whereof we affix our signw tures.

ELLSVORTH D. BECKER. ALBERT B. ELLIOTT. 

